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Mihaly Grony

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* Németdiószeg, 1817 – † Davenport (Iowa, USA), April 1865 / physician ; ; He received his medical degree from the University of Pest in 1844. He wrote his dissertation in Hungarian: On poisoning in general and some common frequent feedings. In 1845, he became a teacher at the te... Read More

Jenő Koltay-Kastner

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* Magyardiószeg, February 15, 1892 – † Szeged, March 3, 1985 / literary historian, philologist, historian, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Zsolna and Kecskemét. Between 1909 and 1913 he studied at the Univ... Read More

Tibor Hortobagy

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* Magyardiószeg, March 15, 1912 – † Budapest, April 16, 1990 / botanist, hydrobiologist, university professor ; ; He came from a family of teachers, which settled in Hungary after 1918. In 1934, he obtained a teacher's and singing teacher's diploma at the teacher training college... Read More

Rath Arnold Lajos

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* Dobsina, April 27, 1849 – † Budapest, December 18, 1921 / mathematics and physics teacher, natural science writer ; ; He completed his high school studies in Rozsnyó and Prešov, and was a student at the Prešov Theological Academy in 1867–1870. After a year of teaching, he studi... Read More

Matthias Szlavik

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* Dobsina, October 24, 1860 – † Rákosszentmihály, December 3, 1937 / philosopher, evangelical theologian ; ; Born into a mining family, he began his schooling in his hometown, graduated from the Rozsnyó gymnasium, and completed the theological course in Prešov in 1881. He obtaine... Read More

Gustav Rigler

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* Dunamocs, 4 November 1868 – † Budapest, 20 August 1930 / physician, hygienist, university professor ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Komárom, and received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Budapest in 1892. He began working at the Institute of Pub... Read More

Lothar Liptay

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* Dunamocs, November 5, 1933 – / Reformed pastor, religious studies writer ; ; He graduated from the Komárom gymnasium in 1953. He obtained a theological diploma from the Faculty of Theology of the Charles University in Prague in 1959. He studied in Edinburgh from 1969 to 1970. B... Read More

Armin Vambery

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* Szentgyörgy, March 19, 1832 – † Budapest, September 15, 1913 / orientalist, linguist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Originally, his name was Herman Wamberger. Although he was born in Szentgyörgy near Bratislava, he considered Dunaszerdahe... Read More

Charles Sladits

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* Dunaszerdahely, December 27, 1871 – † Budapest, May 22, 1956 / lawyer, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He spent his childhood in his hometown and Budapest, and he also completed his university studies in the capital sub auspiciis regis, i.e... Read More

Laszlo Farkas

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* Dunaszerdahely, 10 May 1904 – † Rome, 31 December 1948 / chemist, university professor. ; ; He obtained his doctorate in 1927 as a result of his studies at the Vienna and Berlin Technical Universities. From 1927 he was a colleague of Fritz Haber. After the Nazis came to power, ... Read More